Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in the Netherlands, 1992-94

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Oostvogel, P M ^a,b   Conyn van Spaendonck, M A E ^a   Hirasing, R A ^c   Van Loon, A M ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NETHERLANDS; PARALYSIS; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 2642616996     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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